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ProMedica’s Journey: Addressing Hunger as a Health Issue
Stephanie Cihon Associate Vice President
Community Relations, Advocacy and Grants ProMedica
ProMedica is . . .
• Community-based • Mission-driven • Not-for-profit • Participative culture – Governance & Employee • Strategically-focused • Financially sound
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Our Mission To improve your health and well-being.
Our Values Compassion Innovation Teamwork Excellence
Our Vision
Building healthier communities, one life at a time, through safe, high-quality services and exceptional experiences
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Healthcare is experiencing necessary industry change that will result in significant impacts on:
• Reimbursement • Access • Capacity • Inpatient care • Physician compensation • Increasing physician employment • Price • Brand importance
The result is transformational change
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“Its not about just what happens inside our four walls”
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A need emerges… • Through our community partnerships, the link between
obesity and hunger became apparent. – Many overweight/obese individuals lack access to high-quality, nutritious foods at affordable prices
– Hunger induces irregular eating patterns which can lead to overweight and obesity
• Likewise, a strong link between hunger and health
exists across the age, economic and social spectrum.
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Economic Impacts of Hunger
• The overall cost of hunger to our nation amounts to at least $167.5 billion. • Michigan’s hunger bill is $5.51 billion • Ohio’s hunger bill is $6.97 billion
• The healthcare costs alone related to hunger nationwide are $130.5 billion a year. • $4.3 billion in healthcare costs to Michigan • $5 billion in healthcare costs to Ohio
• The annual cost of hunger to every U.S. citizen is on pace to amount to roughly $42,400 per citizen over a lifetime.
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Hunger in our Community
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The moral imperatives of social determinants
meets the economic crisis of healthcare.
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Community-based solutions
• Food Reclamation
– 200,000 pounds collected since inception = 125,000 meals
• Employee and Community Food Drives • ProMedica Advocacy Fund
– Just completed year 6 for RFP – Average of $300,000 given annually
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Community-based solutions • Employee Giving - $65,000 in 2013 • School breakfast/ lunch/summer meal promotion • Healthy choices in our Gift Shop
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Nutrexity – A board game for students in grades 2-5 focusing on nutrition, exercise and community
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Clinical interventions: • Food insecurity screenings • Food pharmacy/ physician referral
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Ebeid Institute for Population Health - $1.5 million philanthropic gift
• Food market • Teaching kitchen • Job training/career skills • Financial literacy classes • Parenting classes • Nutrition counseling • Diabetes education • Block by block community
empowerment/improvement
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Health care must have a permanent seat at the table
• Refocus our industry’s role in Public Health
• Build hunger screening question into the patient EHR
• Build hunger screening into the Medicare value-based
reimbursement and require it in all Medicare facilities
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• Community Health Needs Assessments should be strengthened to include / address the social determinants
• Add new physician slots requiring them to be primary
care based and focus on social determinants
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We believe a healthcare system should take a leadership role . . Clinically | Socially | Economically
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